Why has our society evolved in such a way that requires us to obtain an education and perform menial tasks?
In America, and most everywhere else, if you have no job, or no trust fund, you are the lowest of low. Just look at your local homeless shelter. Our lifespan is relatively short. By the time we reach the age of "retirement", we are way past our prime. It just seems to me, that unless you are an Ernest Hemingway-adventerous type, our lives are pretty much wasted.
I appreciate having my little toys - my car, my computer, my tv, blah blah blah. But these things only serve to entertain us when we\'re not wasting our lives in an office. Besides, I\'m a little ashamed to be part of a society that will be leaving behind artifacts such as nuclear waste and tons and tons of steel car bodies. Yep, those 30th-century archaeologists are going to be real excited to dig up our old refridgerators. There is a hole in our ozone layer the size of the United States!
Yeah we have medicine, we have next-day mail delivery, the concorde jets, blah blah blah again. The pain of losing a loved one is nearly unbearable, but these space-age medicines we have are halting, or at least slowing the process of evolution, in my opinion. Weak people die, strong people live and breed more strong people. I was hospitalized for viral pnemonia when I was a kid - 100 years ago I\'d have probably died. Not saying I wish I was dead, just saying I realize the ramifications of a world without our current medical technology.
In closing - my ignorace is asking if we are or aren\'t wasting our lives? Are we "building a better future" for future generations? I tend not to think so. I am not proposing a hedonist society, maybe just a society in which happiness can be achieved a little bit easier.
